Chapter 819
If she was not firm enough, she was likely to be swayed, even manipulated by others.
Briana was freaking out, womed that Cornelia would fall for that guyâs lies, scared that Cornelia would leave her brother. Cornella was rock solid though. She had doubleâchecked every single detail to confirm whether Marcus and Jeremy were the same person. Once she was certain about Marcus identity, doubt was out of the question
Corneliaâs voice was hard as steel when she spoke again. âMarcus is Jeremy, Jeremy is Marcus, end of story. You have no right to question it You talk about how great my husband Marcus is, how many women want to marry him. I know that, alright? But Iâm his wife, he only has eyes for me, and heâs responsible only to me â
âMarcus is the killer of your husband Jeremy! They didnât think a few words would make Cornelia believe it. They were just planting the seed of doubt in Corneliaâs mind, waiting for it to take root and flourish.
Upstairs, Ayden glanced at Cornella downstairs, then turned to Marcus, Mr. President Hartley, that guy is still stirring up trouble between you and Mrs. Hartley, arenât you going to do something about it? If she gets persuadedâ
âNo ifsâ Marcus stood there in his usual white shirt and black trousers, his tall body straight as a tree.
Cornelia trusted him, and he trusted her. If Cornelia could be swayed that easily, then she wouldnât be the Cornelia he knew.
Marcus just watched Cornelia, from a distance. Even if he couldnt see her clearly, he couldnât take his eyes off her
The guy on the radio was still yapping away. Cornelia didnât have the mind to listen anymore, not when the ambulance and police cars were arriving. The ambulance took the four unconscious girls first. Cornelia and Briana stayed behind to cooperate with the policeâs investigation,
The cops found out everyone was in the same space, four girls passed out, only Cornelia and Briana were fine. They looked pretty suspicious so the cops decided to bring them in for questioning
Cooperating with the police was every citizenâs duty, and Cornelia and Briana were more than willing to comply. As they were leaving with the police, Cornelia realized she and Briana had walked right into a trap. They hadnât done anything wrong: the police would let them go after the investigation.
The problem was, with social media being so prevalent, if someone got a picture of her and Briana being taken away by the cops. Mischiefâmakers could spin a whole bunch of damaging stories about the Hartley Group.
On one hand, they had got the leader of the Hartley Groupâs sister. On the other hand, his personal assistant. Even if Cornelia and Briana hadnât done anything wrong, if this got blown out of proportion, it could still affect the Hartley Group.
Cornelia didnât want that to happen, so she handed over the note sheâd just found, âOfficer, I have an important piece of evidence to give you.â
The cop took the note, didnât even look at it, just crumpled it up. âIâm sorry, but this note doesnât prove anything. You two need to come back to the station with us for further questioningâ
Briana thought she was scared, quickly reassured her, âCornelia, donât worry. We havenât done anything wrong. If they want to question us, weâll go with them. Weâll cooperate, hopefully theyâll figure out the truth soon.â
Cornelia was speechless.
She wasnât familiar with the procedures, but something felt off about this. She didnât know why, but she felt like these two cops were acting kind of weird.